Happy Halloween!

Just a quick little doodle on a leaf from the yard!

Witch King

I was commissioned to make a portrait of a Witch King by Matt Kish as part of a collection of art inspired by his childhood obsession with The Witch King Of Angmar from The Lord Of The Rings. It was fun doing my own interpretation and I think it's a really great way to collect art. I hope there'll be a book, or at the very least, an art show of these someday. You can see the whole collection here! And it's still growing.

New Transportation

scenes from a room

These are tiny sections from an unfinished page of The Understanding Monster, book two. If all goes as planned, it will be done by Christmas.

Knee Slider

Exits and Entrances

Here's some more shots of the big woodcut piece I made for the Festival of the Dead show at the ZACC in Missoula, Montana.

Surfaces

Festival of the Dead art show

Tomorrow night in Missoula, Montana is the Festival of the Dead group show at the ZACC. This is a section of the piece I made for it. It's one of the biggest and most detailed woodcuts I've made so far. I'll post the rest of it soon.

Nostalgia show at Pony Club Gallery

This piece will be hanging at Pony Club Gallery all month as part of a Nostalgia themed group show curated by Keith Carter. The show looks great and has contributions by some of my favorite artists.

working,working

The Understanding Monster, Book Two, is getting a little closer every day. It's taken way longer than I thought it would, but it's feeling really exciting about now. It's been an intensely personal and important creative process for me. It's going to be pretty crazy to finally show it to people.

Capacity in French!

I'm very excited to announce that Capacity has just been released by Ici Meme Editions in France. I hand drew a font for them to re-letter everything, and they also meticulously reconfigured all of my crazy 3-D block lettering into French. They did an excellent job!

Magic Egg layer

This is on the shirt of a character in a comic page I worked on today.

late night drawing

I've been slowly drawing a couple of stream of conscious comics. I only work on them late at night, right before bed. This is a page from one of them. I fold heavy weight paper into a 32 page booklet, and draw in straight pen. When they're done, I'll self publish them exactly as they were drawn. It's a fun exercise and it's really freeing. You really have to trust your drawings and let them have their way.

drawing little people in books

Every book and zine sold through my Etsy Shop gets a little original character drawn inside. It's a fun drawing exercise and I feel like it keeps things personal.

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey

More very tiny sneak peaks from The Understanding Monster, book 2. I'm about to go into hyper-focus      mode on this and try to finally bring this thing to completion. It's taken way longer than anticipated to finish, but it's been an incredibly valuable process for me. More soon!

Izadore's ghost, pretending to sleep.

The Understanding Monster, Book Two is going to be a real thing. It's actually going to exist.

Well-Being Spirit

For Daniel.

Tiny pieces of larger things

The top image is a small detail from one of the largest and most detailed woodcuts I've ever made. I'll show the whole thing when it's done. The second image is some pine trees with legs from a large scale comics page I made for anthology that's coming out early next year. I'll show the whole thing once it's seen print!

Lucky birthday monster kid

Made as a birthday present for Jade, from AJ. I like it when my little people are birthday presents.

Temple Dog

Another brand new woodcut animal up on my etsy shop. I love making these.

Family Pet

There's a new woodcut animal up for sale on my etsy shop. I little family pet looking for a home.

Ghost Goggles at the Ridiculous Show

   The Ridiculous Show opens tonight at the Voncommon in Missoula, Montana (127 East Main, Suite 316, 3rd floor) . It's a show that "celebrates hypothetical patents, ridiculous inventions, outrageous concepts, and whimsical improvements using the creative process to create the impossible..." There's going to be art installations, readings, and performances all evening.
   I wanted to do something crazy for this show really bad but I've been in deadline mode and didn't think I could pull it off. Then I realized that the Ghost Goggles I made a couple of years ago would be perfect, so I made this little advertisement to go with them and got them to the gallery just in time. Ridiculous!!

Went Camping; drew on a rock.

mind formations

Some naturally occurring mind-scape formations from The Understanding Monster, Book Two. I'm still not sure when this will be coming out, but it's getting closer and closer to being done. 

overflow

some snapshots of the drawing board I carry around in my backpack, so I always have a surface to draw on. It's been slowly filling up with doodles, spills, and marks from getting my pens working.

Thought Coordination Spirit

I had fun making this new woodcut piece. I just put it up for sale on my Etsy shop. It's looking for a good home.

New Idea Spirit

I just finished this new little woodcut piece and put it up for sale on my Etsy shop. I originally cut this piece for my Laughing Ghost Nation solo show, but it got misplaced. I found it a couple of days ago and got inspired to finish it.

a space ship for Astral Industries

This is the new logo I made for the UK based record label, Astral Industries. The label's officially about to launch, and I'll be doing all the album art for them. I'm super excited about it. The website's still in the works, but in the meantime, here's a link to their Facebook page.

little spirit folk

My show at Giant Robot is coming down today. Thanks you to everyone who came out to talk to me opening night and to everyone who picked up pieces. Your support is huge to me. I feel lucky that I get to show my work at such an amazing gallery. Now I'm back in the studio making comics!!

Studio Wall

My show at Giant Robot is only up for 6 more days. There's still a number of my personal favorites available here.
Above are some shots of my studio wall as I was working to finish all the pieces in time. Now it's just a wall full of nails!